Written by Nihal Singh Dhingra, a grade 9 student.
‘Air Bubbles’ refer to an agreement between two or more countries to ferry their passengers back and forth. They are travel corridors and their aim is to restart commercial passenger services when regular international flights are suspended due to the COVID – 19 pandemic…
Written by Arshiya Sangar, a grade 11 student.
On Sunday, August 16, at 12:08 am EST (9:38 am Indian Time), an asteroid the size of an SUV passed by Earth. This asteroid, flying above the southern Indian Ocean, about 2950 kilometers (1830 miles) away, was the closest recorded asteroid to pass by Earth without impacting the surface…
Written by Jahnavi Rathore, a grade 11 student.
Currently, the most talked-about topic in the world is the ferocious explosion that took place on the afternoon of 4th August at the port of the city of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. The catastrophic explosion has so far killed at least 200 people and injured around 4,000 with an unknown number of people still trapped underneath the rubbles.
Written by Amrita Prakash, a grade 7 student.
Steve Bannon, the former adviser of US President Trump, has been arrested on fraud charges. He has been accused of cheating thousands of people who donated money for a campaign called, ‘We Build the Wall’. The campaign had raised (collected) more than USD 25 million…
Written and illustrated by Akshita Sinha, a first-year college student.
“There is always a car ahead of you on the road and always a race to win.”This piece is an ode to the moments whereas individuals we have felt a pit in our stomachs because of jealousy and guilt of someone else being better than us.
Written by Nayantara Singh, a grade 6 student.
The President of Mali, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has announced his resignation and dissolved the Parliament today after he was taken from his home at gunpoint by soldiers who have been revolting against him. The Prime Minister, Boubou Cisse, was also arrested…
Divija Vaish, a grade 11 student.
The book is told from the point of view of Hazel Grace Lancaster, a sixteen-and-a-half-year-old, thyroid cancer patient, who is terminally ill. She has one true love in her life- a book called “An Imperial Affliction” by Peter van Houten, and her wish is to meet “this van Houten guy” so he could tell her what happens after the book (the book literally ends in the middle of a sentence!)…
Written by Ria Singh, a grade 6 student.
A place called Furnace Creek, which is a little village in Death Valley in California (a state in the US) has recorded the highest global temperature in more than 100 years…
Written by Saanchi Biyani, a grade 4 student.
The 74th Independence Day. It has been a long journey, since 1947. India has come quite far, and, it is all thanks to the sacrifices made by the freedom fighters…
Written by Arshiya Sangar, a grade 11 student
The volcano Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra (an island in Indonesia) erupted on August 10, sending ash and other volcanic materials flying as high as 16,400 feet into the air. This was its second eruption since 8 August.
There were, however, no fatalities according to Indonesia’s Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Centre.